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Online video game Fortnite gets kicked off Apple App Store after sidestepping payment system
Apple kicked the popular Fortnite video game off its App Store after the gaming company released a payment system that sidestepped Apple’s. Fortnite maker Epic Games released a feature that lets users choose how they want to pay for in-app purchases — either through the App Store or Play Store, or from Epic directly, which saves up to 20 percent. Apple takes a cut of in-app sales — usually 30 percent — in a practice that has faced significant backlash from
President Trump says he’s blocking Postal Service funding because Democrats want to expand mail-in voting during pandemic (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/13/2020 - 11:46Op-ed: China already has your data. Trump’s TikTok and WeChat bans can’t stop that. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 08/11/2020 - 14:24TikTok’s fate was shaped by a ‘knockdown, drag-out’ Oval Office brawl
As leaders in Silicon Valley, China and Washington raced to seal the fate of one of the world’s fastest-growing social media companies, a shouting match broke out in the Oval Office between two of President Trump’s top advisers. In front of President Donald Trump, trade adviser Peter Navarro, and other aides, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin began arguing that the Chinese-owned video-sharing service TikTok should be sold to a US company.
Fareed Zakaria: When it comes to the Internet, President Trump prefers the Chinese model (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 08/07/2020 - 06:41Trump’s flagrant assault on the First Amendment is disguised as a defense of it
President Donald Trump has sent a message to the Federal Communications Commission: Cross me for misusing my powers in this way, and you’ll be punished, too. The president wants Mike O’Rielly, his fellow FCC commissioners, and appointees across agencies to know what happens when they dare to put the rule of law first, just as the president wants Twitter, and Facebook, and all influential companies on the Internet or off to know how carefully they must tread with him in charge.